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Chasing dragonflies and changing direction

In one of those restless creative moods again. I've lost count of how many different blogs I've set up across the interwebs: blogs about gaming, blogs about Warcraft, blogs about reading and books, a blog about my sister and cancer. I've decided, as I'm sure I have in the past, to consolidate all my thoughts to one site.

Why chasing dragonflies? I don't know. I like them. They remind me of adventure and beauty and just a little bit of danger. They remind me of my sweet sister and of earlier, more innocent times before we knew about pain and loss and sadness.

I'll be posting here about my adventures in Azeroth and my hobby of reviewing video games. I'll write about my love of collecting Dia de los Muertos art and figurines and about my love all things spooky in general.

Basically, this will just be a catchall for my random thoughts and an outlet for when I get that restless creative energy.

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